Advances in stereoscopic displays and methods of interaction have opened up several areas of possible research. This coupled with advances in graphical computing power led to the development of this project.

Wiisualisation is a plugin designed for the open source DICOM viewer Osirix. It was designed to generate 3D medical models from various existing medical scans such as MRI or CT scans. When the model is generated the plugin connects to and accepts input from a wiiMote. The wiiMote is the controller for Nintendo’s recent console release, the Wii. It is aware of both position and motion and so has provided a new novel form of control. The project concentrates on the development of a large stereoscopic display which can be used for group viewings. This would allow for the demonstration of highly detailed medical models in a group learning environment.
It is hoped that well a designed and implemented stereoscopic display coupled with the novel method of control in the form of the wiiMote will result in a more eective means of teaching.

To aid in this outcome research was conducted into how groups learn. It is believed that when groups are presented with new technologies then they become more motivated to learn. It is this particular aspect of groups behaviours when learning which should cause students to be more engaged using Wiisualisation.

And now the best news. You can download the plugin, the thesis and the source code if you want it. Just remember you need to have a Mac and a Wiimote and you need to download Osirix

• Osirix
• Wiisualisation
  
• Thesis
• Source

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